The Butler Hoard - 1st July 2025

Lot 30

A CHARLES II LATTEN SCROLL-BALUSTER AND GADROONED SEAL TOP SPOON

Estimate £60 - £80

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Description

A CHARLES II LATTEN SCROLL-BALUSTER AND GADROONED SEAL TOP SPOON

C. 1670

having a tapering flattened hexagonal stem, maker's mark of 'G B' to oval bowl

17.8cm long

Literature

R. Butler, 'A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware, c.1600-c.1900', (2001), p. 39, no. 56. The author notes the brazed repair to the base of the stem, possibly indicating parts of two spoons.